Chapter 469: Asuncion

On September 18, the British side issued a diplomatic note to the United States, asking the United States to make an explanation in order to dispatch the main force of the Atlantic fleet and hold a secret meeting with the Brazilian Republic.

The next day, the United States reiterated its Moneroist position and refused to reveal to the British direction about the true purpose of dispatching the Atlantic fleet and holding secret talks with the Republic of Brazil?

On September 20, following the United States, the Republic of Brazil also made a statement, emphasizing that secret talks between the Republic of Brazil and the United States are normal commercial cooperation and will not jeopardize the British economic interests in the Brazilian Republic.

The situation of the Americans in their own way and the ambiguous answer of the Republic of Brazil did not satisfy the British and the Han. However, when the British and Han seniors contacted and discussed with each other to prepare for further countermeasures, the Paraguay battlefield The situation has changed dramatically because of the sudden fall of Asuncion.

The time was set back to six days ago. At noon on September 14, 1889, the reconnaissance troops scattered by the Brazilian Republic discovered the traces of the First Division of the Paraguayan Army. On the afternoon of the second day, a team of about 14,000 The Brazilian army, bypassing the frontal line of defense, moved to a forest about 17 miles away from Asunción City, ambushed, waiting for the arrival of the Paraguayan Army's First Division.

At six o'clock in the evening, two hours after the movement of the Brazilian Republic ’s army moved to the eastern suburbs of Asunción City, the long-distance march of the First Division of the Paraguayan Army arrived at the other party ’s preset ambush.

The first division of the Paraguayan Army has a total of about 7,000 people, of which the number of combatants is nearly 5,000. The total number of soldiers is only half of the number of soldiers in the Republic of Brazil. Coupled with the long-distance march, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers is reduced. Therefore, when the battle has just begun The first division of the Paraguayan Army was completely passively beaten.

At 6:47 in the evening, when the fighting continued for more than 40 minutes, the number of casualties of the first division of the Paraguayan Army quickly climbed to more than 600 people. About 2,000 Paraguayan soldiers were divided into several because of the sudden attack of the Brazilian troops. In part, I lost contact with the main force of the first division.

At 7:03 in the evening, after the early combat strikes, General Engrodes, the first division of the Paraguayan Army, urgently organized the troops that could be commanded by him, established a defensive position on the spot, and tried to gather and rescue the divided and surrounded troops. .

The First Division of the Paraguayan Army was the most elite military force in the era of Little Lopez. In order to guard against possible threats from Han Dynasty, Little Lopez has always deployed the First Division near the border of Han Dynasty. However, after the death of Little Lopez, the first A division has lost its strong military and spiritual leaders. Although under the leadership of General Engelodes, it can play a normal level of challenge, but there is no longer the era of Little Lopez. The crowd, the spiritual will to fight tenaciously.

At 7:29 in the evening, the rescue operation of General Engrodes failed completely. Not only were the more than 2,000 soldiers who were divided and besieged not rescued, but also in the process of organizing a temporary counterattack, the First Division of the Paraguayan Army The number of casualties increased by more than 400 people.

At 7:52, the effects of insufficient ammunition and lack of heavy weapons on the First Division of the Paraguayan Army gradually appeared. Under the offensive of the army of the Republic of Brazil, the First Division of the Paraguayan Army quickly faced the danger of being surrounded.

At 8:01 in the evening, seeing that the operation to rescue the divided forces failed, in order to avoid greater losses, General Engelodes can only make a decision to abandon the divided forces and choose to lead the remaining troops and break out.

At 8:37 in the evening, Engrodes led about 3,400 Paraguayan soldiers to break through the resistance of the Brazilian Republic's army and successfully broke through, while the remaining more than 3,000 soldiers were completely trapped in the encirclement of the Brazilian Republic.

At 12 o'clock in the morning, the fighting in the forest valley in the eastern suburbs of Asuncion gradually stopped. In the evening, the Brazilian Republic achieved a victory in the battle with twice the strength of the Paraguayan army. It killed and captured the first division of the Paraguayan Army. Department of more than 3200 soldiers (some of the surrounded soldiers fled into the forest to escape), and the number of casualties on their own side was more than 2,600.

In Paraguay, although the first division of the Paraguayan Army escaped the fate of being wiped out, the main force lost more than half, and the remaining troops lost the ability to reinforce Asunción ’s defense forces. In this regard, the Forest Valley World War I, Brazil The Republic not only achieved tactical victory, but also achieved victory in its own interests in terms of overall strategy.

After the Battle of Forest Valley, after the army of the Republic of Brazil cleaned the battlefield, it departed at 8 am the next day and returned to the front of Asuncion.

At noon on September 16, the Brazilian Republican Army ambushed the Paraguayan Army First Division Division arrived at the front of Asuncion, and with them returned to Asuncion there were nearly 3,000 prisoners of the Paraguayan Army First Division Division.

When the captured soldiers appeared in the open space outside the city walls, the Paraguayan defenders in Asuncion panicked.

The first division of the Paraguayan Army is the most capable and the last regular unit under the command of the high-ranking Paraguayan forces. In addition to the Han army, the first reinforcement of the Paraguayan Army has not yet arrived. The Republic of Brazil
annihilated
and heard of such bad news, it is conceivable how much it will hit the defending side.

At 7:10 on the evening of September 16, the army of the Republic of Brazil uncharacteristically chose to attack the city of Asuncion at night.

At 8:30 in the evening, the army of the Republic of Brazil gradually strengthened its front-line offensive force, and the number of soldiers directly used to attack the fortifications of Asunción City exceeded 20,000.

At 8:59 in the evening, the last highland defense line outside Asuncion lost its defense. The Paraguayan soldiers stationed on the highland defense line killed more than 70 people. The remaining 500 soldiers all chose to surrender to the offensive troops to end the battle.

At 10:47 in the evening, using the captured highlands and artillery deployed on the highlands, the army of the Republic of Brazil launched the third large-scale offensive against the defenders of Asunción in cooperation with the artillery.

The artillery was booming and the ammunition was raining. Under the full attack of the Brazilian army, the defense of the Asunción city wall, which had been destroyed by the fighting for several months, faltered like a decaying old tree.

At 11:02 in the evening, the first large-scale conflict broke out between the four-member Regency Committee and the rebel coalition in the residential city. The high-level leaders of the two sides fought to the point of whether to stick to Asunción ’s differences, and even reached the point of rifle.

At 11 noon on September 17, the Brazilian Republican Army concentrated on heavy weapons and continued to attack the Asuncion City Defense Front.

At 3:00 pm, after nearly a day of fierce fighting, the army of the Republic of Brazil advanced the front line 290 meters at the cost of more than 3,000 casualties, and the artillery forward position rushed into the range of 700 meters from the wall of Asuncion.

On September 18, the fighting continued to develop in a direction that was not conducive to the defense of Asuncion. The army of the Republic of Brazil suppressed the counterattack of Paraguayan soldiers with artillery fire and caused a sustained heavy blow to the defense of Asuncion.

At 10 a.m. on September 19, the army of the Republic of Brazil stormed within 300 meters of the city ’s fortifications,

At 12 noon, under the bombardment of the Brazilian artillery, several fortifications with a width of more than 50 meters appeared in the Asunción city fortifications. At 1 pm, a Brazilian army of about 600 men crossed the gap and rushed into the city of Asuncion.

Asunción City had complete fortifications under the management of Lopez ’s father and son. Therefore, when the Brazilian Republic ’s army entered the city, the retreating Paraguayan army quickly used the city ’s fortifications to form new defensive positions.

At the same time, the Han troops who arrived in Villarrica also attacked the Brazilian army in order to defeat the face of the enemy, and quickly moved to the Asunción side for reinforcements.

However, in the face of the irreversible situation in Asunción, in order to preserve the vitality and prevent the troops from being subjected to a devastating blow during the battle with the army of the Republic of Brazil,

At all times, the four-member Regents of the warriors who are wary of the rebel coalition forces ~ EbookFREE.me ~ without notifying the friendly forces, they first withdrew from the city ’s defense line and used the cover of night to hold the little Lopez ’s. Son Carlos fled towards the east of Asuncion.

The soldiers of the four-member Regency Committee evacuated without authorization, and there was a loophole in the defense line of Asunción. After realizing the actual situation of the vacancy of the opposing defensive front, the Brazilian army quickly adjusted its military deployment and moved forward along the various defensive fronts.

At 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, the defense line in Asuncion completely collapsed. Nearly 10,000 Paraguayan soldiers who heard the news of the evacuation of their friendly troops were frightened and resentful. They also followed the evacuation path of the four-member Regency Committee towards the east of Asuncion. One by one fled in a direction not controlled by the Brazilian army.

Lost the command of officers at all levels, and nearly ten thousand Paraguayan soldiers swarmed in the direction of the eastern suburbs of Asuncion. As a result, under the deployment of the superior forces of the Brazilian Republic, they fell into the trap of death.

At 2:00 midnight, also in the forest valley of eastern Asuncion, the embarrassed Paraguayan troop suffered an advance ambush by the Brazilian army, which was different from the last ambush of the first division of the Paraguayan Army, and lost the protection of the fortifications in Asuncion, and Faced with the two directions of Asuncion and the Forest Valley, the dominant enemy troops continued to ambush and pursue, and the Paraguayan soldiers who had been in a state of war for several months and were mentally and physically fatigued completely lost their struggle and persisted. Within two hours, he quickly laid down his weapons and chose to surrender to the Brazilian army in a humiliating manner.

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